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This is a modern enamel button which is a favourite of mine. It is so colourful with it’s floral design. It is domed and hollow; I don’t know what the holes on each side are for, there must have been some purpose for them. It measures 2 1/2 cm. I think I got it at the local Hospice Opp Shop a few years ago. In reality the colours are really dazzling.

Here is a group of modern coconut shell buttons which have been quite plentiful in the button shops over the last few years. I rather like them for their variety of design, technique and colour and have a nice selection of them. They would brighten up many a garment.

This is a fairly plain metal picture button which I have had for many years. It shows a duck about to take off or land among some grass. The border is wide and simply decorated. It has a japanned back and metal loop shank and measures just under 4 1/2 cm so is quite large.

This metal picture button depicts a child playing with a hoop. I think it is in the Big Book of Buttons so it is always nice to find a button you have in a book. Metal picture buttons usually have quite good detail as does this one. It is not as big as some of my Picture buttons.

Here are three novelty chook buttons, each one different. One is a laser cut wooden button, one a painted wooden button and the final one is ceramic. Years ago our little button group suggested we select a subject and find as many buttons as we could. I chose chooks and got about a dozen. I have them mounted on hessian which seems quite suitable.

This is a reproduction button card which I bought in a little shop in the Nicholas Building in Melbourne quite a few years ago. It has three old plastic buttons displayed in colours matching the art work of the card so has a nice overall effect. The lady was selling vintage buttons and had them all on reproduction cards and I bought a few mainly because they were nicely presented.

Here are two large bakelite buttons which I think would be for an overcoat. They are both dark brown which is a common colour for the period. They each have a metal trim and a little bit of carving and are quite chunky.

Here is a button made of white metal with a disc of burgundy coloured stone like substance upon which is sculpted a lady;s head. I do not know what the material is or the age of the button but guess it is fairly old. Who has all these answers!!

Here is a boxed set of enamel buttons that was probably gifted to someone in the early 1900s. They are small square buttons in blue and white featuring a flower. Their attaching rings are still intact making up the complete set. What a nice gift to receive for a 21st birthday or the likes as was common back then.

These two enamelled buttons are just a bit different in design and colour scheme. They both are of a floral design with open work and cut steel trim. One is orange and white with a little pink flower and the other one is red and blue with white flowers. Neither are a perfect circle as well.